Following stints in journalism, advertising and the music business, I have been a writer for most of my professional life. Specialising in animation, I have scripted, developed, written the Bible for and/or edited over 40 successful shows.
I was one of the original scriptwriting team for THUNDERCATS, the international hit show that remains a pop culture phenomenon to this day, a staple of Comic-Cons and the toy universe. Other successful series include LAVENDER CASTLE, co-written with the legendary Gerry Anderson; BOB THE BUILDER, which I co-developed and for which I wrote the Bible and numerous scripts; KING ARTHUR'S DISASTERS, which starred the late great Rik Mayall and was nominated for both BAA and BAFTA awards; DENNIS AND GNASHER, for which I was Series Editor and wrote numerous scripts; and JUNGLE BOOK, Series 1 and 2. In recent years I developed and was the Lead Writer on TURBOZAURS, a family show based around dinosaurs who transform into mighty machines and vehicles to help their young friends. At the time of writing TURBOZAURS has rolled out to over 30 countries in 20 languages, including the USA, Brazil, China, Italy and Mexico, and is available in the UK on Prime Video.
My YA novel KATZERS: CLAWS OF FURY was originally published by Bloomsbury, and is now available as the first part of a Trilogy on Amazon. Books for adults written with my long-time writing partner Peter Lawrence include IT'S YOUR MONEY IN MY POCKET, DEAR, NOT MINE IN YOURS and ENGULFED IN A TIDE OF FILTH (both Quartet) and FULL MOON (Faber & Faber) widely regarded as the definitive book on rock legend Keith Moon. Other books include dystopian fantasy series FRANKENSTEIN VIGILANTE, horror trilogy BLOOD, FANGS AND CLAWS and black comedies FLASH CHORD and THE MAO TSE TUNG WORKERS REVOLUTIONARY STRIPTEASE EMPORIUM.
Sidestepping into the world of theatre, recently I translated into English DAS HUHN AUF DEM RUCKEN, a play by well-known German playwright Fred Apke. Successfully produced in Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, under its new title PRETTY DEAD it is now available to the UK market.
I have also mentored at many scriptwriting workshops including Pygmalion Labs (2004) Prime4Kids&Family (2010-2013) and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (2014-2016.)
